News in Lake George, Colorado

Lake George Winter Carnival spreading out its venues as TV comes to town
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:15:21 -0800

LAKE GEORGE -- At least part of the upcoming Lake George Winter Carnival's opening weekend will move to the south end of the village, as event organizers grapple with an ice-less lake and national media attention.

No ice, no problem for Lake George's Winter Carnival
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:50:09 -0800

LAKE GEORGE -- Organizers of the 51st annual Lake George Winter Carnival are grappling with an unfrozen lake, but that won’t put the event on hold — or stop it from possibly receiving some national media attention.

Crews work to make snow for Lake George Winter Carnival opening weekend
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:41:42 -0800

LAKE GEORGE -- Crews were expected to continue making snow at the municipal Beach Road parking lot Friday night in preparation for the opening of the Lake George Winter Carnival this weekend.

Winter Carnival kicks off sans snow
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:07:43 -0800

LAKE GEORGE -- Despite a lack of snow and ice, there’s still hope that Mother Nature will put the winter back in Lake George’s Winter Carnival.

Pitt and Clooney at Oscar luncheon
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:51:13 -0800

Brad Pitt and George Clooney have joined a host of stars at a luncheon to recognise this year's Oscar nominees. Related Stories Rumer Willis 'coping well with Demi drama' Oldman: Oscar nod is a fairytale Mara undecided about Oscar dress McCartney 'to play Jubilee concert' Madonna 'fuming with MIA' over Super Bowl finger

Warm weather makes preparations for winter carnival challenging
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:03 -0800

The extreme mild weather is presenting some major challenges to the people who put on the annual Lake George Winter Carnival. Despite the warm temperatures and a shortage of snow, the show will go on.

In quest of answers to X-2 crash
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:40:33 -0800

George J. Marrett completed 188 grueling combat missions in Vietnam before becoming a steel-nerved test pilot for Hughes Aircraft Co., making him qualified to become the California- based author of four aviation books.

Bush Tells Dealers He Avoided ‘Gamble' in Bailing Out Automakers
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:01:00 -0800

Former U.S. President George W. Bush told car dealers gathered at a convention in Las Vegas he"didn't want to gamble" with a depression in defending theloans he gave to General Motors Corp. and ...

Dan Popkey: Chairmen of Idaho tax committees ease historic acrimony
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:35:34 -0800

When Sen. Tim Corder, the new chairman of the Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee, sug

Mother, son take plea deal in gruesome case of elder abuse
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:28:36 -0800

George Stahl/Special to the Sun On Wednesday, Jan. 4, in a Kern County Superior Court appearance, co-defendants Joseph McCoy, and his mother, Darlene Green, entered no contest pleas in the case of elder abuse leading to the death of 90-year-old Margaret Gray on April 1. Gray was Green’s mother and McCoy’s grandmother. McCoy had been Gray’s IHSS primary caregiver since he turned 18 in 1999.